Thought I might kick off a thread, having ordered my Ioniq Electric back in December 2016 for March 2017 delivery.

I'm dropping my Outlander PHEV in favour of the full electric Ioniq, having analysed my trip profile over the near two-year span with the Outlander. Hopefully I won't suffer too much from the dreaded 'range anxiety' !

I am also waiting for an Ioniq (EV). Last guess of my dealer was arrival around mid February. I ordered it at the beginning of December.However today I got an email that I have a Hyundai roadside assistance and they gave me a license plate number, which indeed belongs to an Ioniq. But no message about arrival or so (!)

Anyway, I hope that means that my car is coming soon. Can't wait!I will keep you informed.

LeftieBiker wrote:What do you mean? Not only have my two lease extensions not cost more, one of them gave me two free payments.

I mean that the colleague in question was quoted some 20% more on his previous monthly lease to extend his Mercedes by two months. They cited the reason as being his initial payments were calculated on the car being a certain age at the end of the lease, and returning the vehicle later meant it would be worth less. Needless to say, he took the umph and borrowed an old banger from a family friend for two months intead.

I am encouraged by your experience however, and will certainly approach my existing finance company. Thanks for the info.

Edit to add;Just spoken to the finance company. They too want a premium as per my colleague's past experience. In my case, just over 20% more per month.

consider buying a old beater and using it for a trade in and take the complete pressure off of yourself. You may even make a few bucks, but even if you lose, mentally charge it of to interest you were not paying or leasing costs not paying, then everyone is happy.

Bottom line is once you take into account Insurance costs, reliability of an old beater, fossil fuel costs, etc., it just adds up to more hassle.But hey, life is never easy unless your name is Rothschild

At least my future Ioniq has been built, but I guess that isn't that difficult to do because it only takes 3.8 hours to fully assemble. Seems the bottleneck is shipping capacity.